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H. OQMAYNARD.

DEVICE FOR BLOCKING HATS.

No. 274, o12. Patented Mar. 13,1883.

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H. 0. MAYNARD.

DBVIGE "FOR BLOCKING HATS.

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NITED STATES PATENT;

HENRY 0. MAYNARD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO D. B. FISK 00.,

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DEVICE FORBLOCKING HATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,012, dated March113, 1883.

Application filed September 2. 1882. (No model.)

o ,Figure .1 is a plan of the part represented; Fig. 2, a side elevationof the same; Fig. 3, a side elevation of a hat-block, show-. ing-a hathaving a rolling rim applied thereto in section, together with the partshown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the holding-pin. Fig. 5is a plan showing a hat having a flat rim applied to a block and held inplace. by my device. Fig. 6 is a side elevation ofthe same, and Fig.7 isa plan of the ring shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

My invention is primarily designed to be used in blocking hats which aremade of straw or similar material. Two leading styles of such hats arein use-those havingrolling rims and those having flat rims.

Heretoforeit has been customary to secure the brims of hats upon theblock while being shaped by means of pins passing through the brim nearthe edge and into the hat-block or 0 other suitable part, and thereby anumber of holes are made in the brim and injure the material, and whichhave to be closed by moistening and pressingthe brim, involvingconsiderable hand labor;

5. The leading object of my invention is to overcome the objectionsuggested, and to provide means for securely holding the hat-brim inplace on the block without injuring the same, which I accomplish bymeans of hold- 40 ing-pins constructed and applied in a novel manner,and by means of other devices used in connection with such holding-pins,all as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, A represents my holdingpin, which can conveniently beconstructed from a piece of suitable wire. In Fig. 4 afullsized pin isshown. The lower end of the pin is split, and each half bent outward alittle, so

as to form springs 04 a. The other end of the wire forming the pin iscurved and bent, as

shown in Fig. 4, the under side of the part b I being smooth anddesigned to press upon the brim of the hat.

c is a covering of thread, cloth, or any suitable materialto facilitatehandling, as the pins in use become hot.

B is a hat-block adapted to be used with hats which are to have arolling brim.

O is a hat in place upon the block.

D is a metal ring of the proper form, which form depends upon the shapewhich is to be given to the brim of the bar, this metal ring beingadapted to be used in shaping hats which are to have a rolling brim.This metal ring D, which is shownin section in Fig. 3, is of suchdimensions or bulk that its weight alone holds it securely in placeafter it is once placed upon the block, and no fastening devices arenecessary. Its form is substantially indicated by the sectional view inFig. 3, it being so formed as to project beyond the edge of the block,as shown, its inner surface fitting the conformation of the rim portionof the block and extending up a short distance upon the crown. In otherrespects its form is 7 I not of essential importance, its thicknessbeing such as to give it the required weight. It

is shaped to correspond with the block with which it is to be used, andis provided witha series of holes, d, to receive the spring end of Sothe holding-pins, which holes are of such size that when theholding-pins are inserted therein they cannot be removed except by theuse of some force, the springs to being in contact with the sides of theholes (I. In blocking hats of this class a hat is to be placed upon theblock. A metal ring, D, is then put in place,,'as shown in Fig. 3. Thenthe brim of a the hat can be turned up over the edge of the metal ringD, as shown atf, Fig. 3, in which position the turned-up brim can besecurely held by pins A, one of which in Fig. 3 is shown in place incontact with the brim, and the other pin shown in that figure is readyto be turned over, so as to bring the part b in contact with the brim.In blocking hats moisture and heat are used, as usual.

' In Figs. 5 and 6, I have shown my holdingpins as used in blocking hatsthe brims of which are flat. In theseiigures, E represents I00 theblock, provided wit-ha series of holes, g, near the outer edge, toreceive the holdingdepth that the parts b of the pins come in contactwith-the brim of the hat and hold the same in position. G is a metalring, which en-- with the crown.

circles the crown of the hat, and may be pressed down upon the brim ator near its junction The holding-pins perform precisely the same office,whether used when blocking hats which have a rolling brim or in blockingthose which have flat brims. In the former case, as shown, the pins areinserted in holes in the ring D, and in the latter they are inserted inholes in the block. I am thus able to hold the brims of hats in positionwhile the hat is being blocked without making holes in the brim orotherwise marring or injurin g the same.

WhatIclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is asfollows:

1. The holding-pin A, one end of which is adapted to be inserted andheld in a hat block or. ring, and formed at the other end substantiallyas shown and described, whereby the brim of a hat can be held in placewhile the hat is being blocked, as specified.

2. A metal ring, D, formed substantially as shown and described, andadapted to be used in blocking hats having a rolling brim, substantiallyas specified. v

3. The holding-pin A, in combination with a hat-block and aholding-ring,for the purpose of holding the brim of a hat in place while beingblocked without marring or injuring such brim, substantially asspecified. 4

HENRY 0. MAYNARD.

Witnesses: r

E. A. WEST, 0. W. BOND.

